Trump's worldview and a rapidly changing global order
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Nick Schifrin, the Defense and Foreign Affairs correspondent at PBS |
| 0:04.0 | NewsHour, and welcome to our inaugural Compass Points. |
| 0:07.0 | The global order, as we know it, is changing rapidly right before our eyes. |
| 0:11.0 | There's a lot going on, and we don't know how it'll all turn out, but the consequences are sure to be profound. |
| 0:17.0 | So please join us every week here on Compass Points. |
| 0:20.0 | We'll provide you some direction and an |
| 0:22.2 | all-encompassing look at a critical global issue and how it affects you at home. You can subscribe |
| 0:28.0 | on our website or wherever you get your podcasts. Donald Trump, the disruptor. The president heads |
| 0:34.7 | to a key economic summit in the heart of Europe to rub elbows |
| 0:37.6 | with fellow world leaders, financial titans, and the global elite. After exactly one year in office, |
| 0:43.2 | a year of breaking norms, snatching and bombing adversaries, pushing peace and threatening allies. |
| 0:48.6 | What's the impact of Trump's global disruption? Coming up on Compass Points. |
| 1:08.5 | Hello and welcome to our inaugural Compass Points. The global order, as we know it, is changing rapidly right before our eyes. |
| 1:12.7 | There's a lot going on, and we don't know how it'll all turn out, but the consequences are sure to be profound. |
| 1:18.4 | So every week here on Compass Points, we'll provide you some direction by turning to the experts who will share an all-encompassing look to help us understand a critical issue and how it affects you at home. |
| 1:29.4 | Tonight, it's President Trump on the world stage. In a few days, he flies to Davos, his first |
| 1:34.4 | trip abroad since beheading the Maduro regime in Venezuela and reinforcing his threat to seize Greenland. |
| 1:40.6 | Donald Trump's return to the White House has upended U.S. traditional foreign policy. |
| 1:45.0 | It has been one of the most consequential foreign policy presidencies, and it is only 12 months in. |
| 1:50.6 | Here to help us understand President Trump's worldview and approach are three fantastic guides, |
| 1:55.5 | who I predict will have a lot of PBS, polite but substantive disagreements, |
| 1:59.8 | and also reflect the key foreign policy |
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